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What We Should and Should Not Learn From the Japanese and Other East Asian Education Systems
William Jeynes*
California State University, Long Beach
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: whjharvard{at}post.harvard.edu.
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The author argues that there is an ongoing debate among educators concerning the extent to which American educators can learn from East Asian school systems. Some social scientists argue that cultural differences make this impossible. Others argue that there are many ways that Americans can benefit. The author believes that both sides of this debate have a point. He therefore encourages educators to take a middle road. Learning from East Asian education systems is somewhat facilitated because in a number of respects, they were strongly and deliberately modeled after the Western educational rubric. Americans, in particular, were often at the forefront of developing East Asian education systems from the 1870s to the 1950s. However, there are cultural differences that limit the extent to which the United States can transfer various aspects of the East Asian rubrics. Therefore, the author provides guidance on what that middle road might be.
First published on February 11, 2008, doi:10.1177/0895904807310042
Educational Policy 2008;22:900.
A more recent version of this article appeared on November 1, 2008
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